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Paul Joffe

Senior Fellow

Paul Joffe is a Senior Fellow at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, working with the Voting Rights Project.  Mr. Joffe was until May 2017 Senior Foreign Policy Counsel at the World Resources Institute where he worked for eight years to help inform policy makers and stakeholders on international climate and energy law and policy issues. Previously, Mr. Joffe served as Senior Director, International Affairs at the National Wildlife Federation where over a nine year period he led advocacy and public outreach on issues ranging from international trade to climate change. He also served on the board of directors of Ceres, the corporate social responsibility coalition. Earlier, Mr. Joffe was Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting General Counsel at the Commerce Department during the Clinton Administration and worked on Capitol Hill for twelve years in both the House and Senate. He also practiced law, handling antitrust, international trade, and other issues and was involved in pro bono civil rights litigation. Mr. Joffe holds a JD from Yale Law School and an AB in Government from Harvard College.